VOLUME 50, ISSUE 13 (december 4, 2023)
Mary-Rebekah Reyes upholds her love for art and family with Short Drop
The UTM graduate’s first short film is a collaboration project that delves into Caribbean folklore.
On October 25, 2023, the Department of Visual Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) partnered with the Black…
Locked on Leafs: Blue Line Breakdown
After an up-and-down start to the 2023/2024 NHL season, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ defence finds itself injured, depleted, and in…
Looking back at 2023, and looking forward to 2024: four students share their reflections
Dry pillowcasesKeira Johannson On the first day of January, I rang in the new year from the comfort of my…
Raptors Wrap-Up: In-Season Adjustments
The Raptors started and quickly ended their In-Season Tournament run amidst a consistently inconsistent season.
The emotional rollercoaster that is the 2023/2024 Toronto Raptors’ season has brought excitement and disappointment with each win and loss–…
A Palestine story
Looking at things from a different perspective.
One day, you get a knock at your door. You open it to find armed men, clad in uniforms, telling…
UTM students brace for the end of the fall semester
With the fall 2023 semester coming to an end, students are both stressing about their final assessments and looking forward to what comes after.
For many post-secondary students, the end of a semester marks a stressful time of year. With exam season underway, campus…
Confronting Peel’s escalating homelessness crisis
Peel Region officials demand more funding to address the growing homelessness crisis before the upcoming winter months.
In recent months, cities in the Peel Region, including Brampton, Caledon, and Mississauga, have experienced a rapid escalation of the…
Editorial: Taking accountability
Earlier this school year, The Medium’s executive team made a series of problematic lapses in judgement for which we must…
Business Buzz: May-bee it’s not so complicated
Business and entrepreneurship aren’t for the faint of heart. With so many entrepreneurship centres and business programs available, finding the…
How lights change your perception of life
The way we illuminate our lives impacts our comfort in and enjoyment of a space.
With the variety of lights and lighting technologies at our disposal, we can control not only the atmosphere around us…
Finding comfort in solitude: a guide to spending time alone
Inspirations to do something by yourself, for yourself.
When I was four years old, not a minute went by when my tiny hands weren’t wrapped around the bare…
The brain science of being transgender
How science is an invaluable tool in combating misinformation and transphobia.
Throughout scientific history, both scientists and the public have been curious about the sexually dimorphic brain, otherwise known as the…
The unnecessary and ineffective headache of standardized testing
The most popular forms of testing often don’t prove to measure a student’s mastery of a subject.
Exams and standardized testing are known by many as the end-of-term evaluations of a course’s material. Standardized testing is heavier…
Free Palestine from your silence
Your silence in the age of the internet is an inhumanity.
This article was meant to be published more than six weeks ago, but I fell victim to censorship by The…
Megadeth versus Metallica: who’s the better band?
These two iconic thrash metal bands have been pitted against each other for decades. Here’s why Megadeth should be more recognized within the heavy metal genre.
As a metalhead, I like the “big four” thrash metal bands: Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer. There are numerous factors…
Spotlighting the CBC Gem series How to Fail as a Popstar
A story of prevailing with failure, rather than fighting against it.
“Wow, this seems like a great project. I’d love to book this,” was Adrian Pavone’s reaction to the CBC Gem…
Canada faces an economic reduction toward the end of 2023
In an unexpected turn, Canada's economy contracts by 1.1 per cent in the third quarter, leading to a wave of layoffs across major banks and companies.
The Canadian economy faced an unexpected reduction of 1.1 per cent in the third quarter of 2023, according to recent…
A look at UTM’s recently launched Strategic Framework
Last month, the Office of the Vice-Principal for Research at UTM released a Research Strategic Framework, outlining U of T’s goals in maintaining and creating a “pipeline of talent.”
In October 2023, the Office of the Vice-Principal, Research (OVPR) launched its inaugural Strategic Framework. Developed between October 2022 and…